Vocabulary
Alliances
List the three members of the Triple Entente (USA Allies)
Great Britain, France, Russia
List 2 out out of the 3 three members of the Triple Alliance (USA enemies).
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Which three dictators rose to power in Europe after the fall of WWI? Hint: Leaders of Italy, Soviet Union, and Germany.
Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler
Staying out of the affairs of other countries (U.S. policy before WWI)
Isolationism
City where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
Sarajevo, Bosnia
What 2 events caused the U.S. to finally enter the war in 1917?
Zimmerman Telegram and Lusitania
What situation in Germany made it easier for an extremist like Hitler to take power?
Economic depression/inflation from Treaty of Versailles
What was Germany's plan so that they would not get flanked by France and Russia at the same time?
Schlieffen Plan: Germany's plan to take France out the war and then focus on Russia to avoid fighting a two front war.
What type of warfare is most closely associated with WWI where soldiers dug these to gain protection new military technology?
Trench warfare
Both sides used these type of weapons to blind, suffocate, and kill their enemies. They have since been outlawed by the international community.
Gas weapons
Who did Hitler primarily blame for Germany's problems.
Jewish people
This M.A.I.N causes of WWI.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
This region was referred to as the "Powder keg of Europe" because of the increasing nationalistic and imperialistic rivalries. This is the country where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
Austria-Hungary
This organization was created after WWI for peace and stability.
League of Nations
How was Germany punished by other countries after WWI.
They were forces to accept blame for the war and pay billions of dollars in reparations.
The term for German submarines who were practicing unrestricted submarine warfare.
U-Boats
The war guilt clause of the Treaty of Versailles stated that what country must take full responsibility for WWI?
Germany
One of the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI, this is the term for the colonization of other lands and people for resources that led to European countries competing with one another for territory all over the world.
Imperialism
This treaty ended WWI and is a long term cause of WWII.
Treaty of Versailles
Name two technologies that led to WWI being a massive, bloody stalemate for years.
Machine gun, barbed wire, and artillery are acceptable answers.
Name 1 famous US general during WWI or 2 famous US generals from WWII.
Patton, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Pershing
Who was assassinated that was the spark that started WWI?
Japan invaded this country before WWII that led to USA refusing to sell Japan oil.
China